A modest indentation proposal

[Terry Reedy]

"Erann Gat" <gat at jpl.nasa.gov> wrote in message
news:gat-3011012340480001 at 192.168.1.50...
> Ah, I think I understand the problem.  What I meant was that a
semicolon
> would designate the end of the block to the *editor*, which would
use that
> information together with colons to provide an auto-indent facility.

Why is ';\n' better for that than '\n<backspace>'?

Terry J. Reedy